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TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 3A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 AM CDT WED SEP 09 1998
...DEPRESSION REMAINS POORLY ORGANIZED...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF TEXAS
FROM HIGH ISLAND TO BROWNSVILLE. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT
FROM HIGH ISLAND TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX WAS
ESTIMATED TO BE LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.7
WEST OR ABOUT X230 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. THIS
POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 175 EAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS.
THERE REMAINS LITTLE MOVEMENT EVIDENT FROM SATELLITE PICTURES...
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS...OR RADAR DATA. A GENERAL MOTION TOWARD THE
WEST OR WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. THIS
FORECAST TRACK WOULD MOVE THE DEPRESSION TOWARD THE TEXAS COAST.
HOWEVER...STEERING CURRENTS REMAIN WEAK AND THERE IS CONSIDERABLE
UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING THE FUTURE TRACK OF THIS POORLY ORGANIZED
SYSTEM.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAINLY
TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL
STORM TODAY.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES. NOAA WEATHER
BUOY 42002 IN THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO REPORTED 999.8 MB AT 6 AM
CDT...1100Z.
REPEATING THE 7 AM CDT POSITION...25.6 N... 94.7 W. MOVEMENT...
NEARLY STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 AM CDT.
GUINEY
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